Family:Whitney, Edwin Goldsmith (1812-1880)
Edwin Goldsmith8 Whitney (Jacob7, Jacob6, Abraham5, Abraham4, Moses3, Richard2, John1), son of Jacob7 and Maria (Goldsmith) Whitney, was born 30 Nov 1812, and died 3 Dec 1880, Madison, IN.
He married, Jul 1834, Maria Carver. She was born about 1814, PA, and died after 1870.
He was for many years president of First National bank there; very wealthy and influential all along the Ohio river in the active early years of developments in that region. He resided Madison, IN.
Children of Edwin Goldsmith8 and Maria (Carver) Whitney:
i. William Brainard9 Whitney, b. ca. 1843, Madison, IN; m. Lucy Fayette Cutter. ii. Rowland Whitney, b. ca. 1846, IN.
Census
- 1840, Madison, Jefferson Co., IN: E. G. Whitney, 2 males 20-29, 1 female 20-29, and 1 female 0-4; 1 engaged in manufacture or trades.
- 1850, Madison, Jefferson Co., IN:
227 229 Edwin G. Whitney 39 M - Clerk $15500 N. York Mona " 42 M - Pennsylvania Branard " 7 M - Indiana Rowland " 4 M - " Margaret Anderson 18 F - Pennsylvania Maria Whitney 58 F - Massachusetts
728 705 E. G. Whitney 48 M - Bank Cashr. $7000 $12500 N.Y. Mariah 51 F - Penn. Rowling 14 M - Ind. Sarah Lewis 18 F M Servt. Genl. Ky.
110 110 Whitney, Edwin G. 57 M W Banker $7000 $40000 New York Male citizen over 21 " Maria 56 F W Keep House $15000 Penna. " Brainard 26 M W Hay Merchant $7000 $25000 Indiana Male citizen over 21 Sanders, Elizabeth 30 F W Dom Servant $1000 Kentucky " Stella 9 F W At Home Indiana " Edwin 7 M W " " Whitney, Maria 78 F W " $6000 Mass.
- 1870, Rowland not found.
- 1880: not found.
References
- All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), pp. 494-495.
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